Indie Genre - The xx

The xx are an English band that fall under the genres 'Indie Rock', 'Indie Pop' and 'Indie Electronic'. They formed in 2005 and have been signed to both XL and Young Turks. The xx would be a great band for us to use due to the mixture of both male and female vocalists, however their music is very mellow and soft in comparison to the more upbeat tracts from the indie genre. Here is the music video to 'Chained':



I really like how the music video is a lot more of an abstract narrative instead of a performance video, unlike quite a few indie music videos. Even though the music is a lot slower than most indie songs, the slow motion action shots managed to fit the video perfectly as well, which I also found very interesting and have taken a lot of inspiration from.

Indie Genre - Passion Pit

Passion Pit are an indie pop, indietronica band that have been signed to Frenchkiss and Columbia. Although they're a lot more electronic than we originally wanted, Passion Pit would be a good band for us to use as their songs are upbeat and would be really great to make a music video for. We're also looking more towards male artists now as we've found that we prefer the music a lot more (and therefore wouldn't mind listening to the same song on repeat for a year... as much).

I personally wouldn't want our music to embody this one as I'm not a massive fan of the 'Star Image' spinning in the video, but I do like how abstract the video is towards the end. The moving lights add a really psychedelic element and adds well to the more 'simple' black background.